Swim bladder problem

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This salvini was donated to my store. Stays at the bottom of the tank, leans on things. Obvious buoyancy problems. He or she is about 5 inches long. In a 60 gallon tank with some convicts that are leaving him/her alone.

Is there anything I can do?


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Does it eat?
 
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Have you tried feeding some peas? If it will not accept them a 30 Methylene blue bath dosed at 1 teaspoon per 5 gallons of tank water.
 
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Aquanero said:
Have you tried feeding some peas? If it will not accept them a 30 Methylene blue bath dosed at 1 teaspoon per 5 gallons of tank water.
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He is in a community tank :-/. Only tank I could put him in. I can dip him though? I didn't know I could use meth blue for swim bladder issues.


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I have successfully treated several ebjd whom had SBD with the epsom salt treatment
Try shooting some diluted epsom salt down his throat via pipette to help flush the system.


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Meth Blue is an excelent therapy for swim bladder issues. I ment to say a 30 minute Meth blue bath dosed a 1 teaspoon per five gallons of wather. Give it a try.
 
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I have meth blue readily available. I think I'm gonna try that first. I have no Epsom salt. If that doesn't work I'll try the salts.

What if neither works?


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The fish looks very stressed as it is, dipping it in a bath of medication can increase its stress and cause the immune system to fail if the SBD has been present for a while; or it can cure the disease who knows.

I always like to try the natural route first as it is the least amount of stress that can be added to a fish already sick. The only dips I do are that of the anti-septic Paragaurd, but thats for external diseases.

Epsom salt is available at any drug store and so is a pipette, I highly suggest you try that first as it works great as a diuretic for internal issues.


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Ok I'll try that first. So scoop him out, squirt some salt water down his throat, and drop him back in the tank?


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